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SINY Film Fest's leading lady: Maria Rusolo Published: Thursday, June 03, 2010, 1:27 PM

Jodi Lee Reifer

COURTESY THE ARTIST Actress Maria Rusolo appears in four films at the SINY FIlm Festival.

STATEN ISLAND, NY -- Parker Posey was crowned indie film queen in the late ‘90s. Oscar nominee Maggie Gyllenhall began eyeing the title in the early 2000s. Could Maria Rusolo actually be next in line? SINY

Without a doubt, if the film world revolved around Staten Island.

Maria Rusolo in a scene from "Blindsided."

Rusolo appears in no less than four SINY Film Festival selections, unspooling June 2-5 in the St. George Theatre and the College of Staten Island. The St. George-based actress stars in “Blindsided,” portraying a blind psychic with a dark side, and “Withdrawl,” the story of a military woman, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, whose maternal instincts are questioned.

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